Study location	Italy, Milan
Type	Two-Year Master's Degrees, full-time
Nominal duration	2 years (120 ECTS)
Study language	English
Awards	MA
Course code	174/PDS0-2022/2022

Tuition fee	€9,956 per year
Application fee	€50 one-time

Entry qualification

Undergraduate diploma (or higher) Bachelor’s degree. Applicants’ academic credentials will be evaluated on a case-bycase basis, provided they expect to graduate by December 31st, 2023. The entry qualification documents are accepted in the following languages: English / German / French / Italian / Spanish. Often you can get a suitable transcript from your school. If this is not the case, you will need official translations along with verified copies of the original. You must take the original entry qualification documents along with you when you finally go to the university.

Language requirements

English Accepted proof of proficiency: FCE or CAE, IELTS 5.5+ or TOEFL 69+ Applicants must have an international certification that proves their English language proficiency is at a minimum B2 level according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (for example, IELTS score between 5.5 and 6.5, or TOEFL iBT score between 87 and 109). Any language certification must be less than three years old. Applicants without a language certificate will receive an English assessment test provided by the University

More information	iulm.com/..grammes/strategic-communication

Overview

The Master’s Degree in Strategic Communication is a dual degree programme that allows students to gain core skills for the most important areas of corporate communication. Students will be able to develop business and managerial competencies in Strategic Communication.
The Faculty is composed both by Italian Professors with significant foreign teaching experience and by relevant visiting Professors from international Universities, which have developed excellent study programs in Strategic Communication.
In particular, the Master’s Degree is developed in partnership with different Universities abroad and it will offer students the possibility to attend courses at partner Universities in European and non-European countries.

With the aim of enhancing its international vocation, the Master’s Degree in Strategic Communication (taught entirely in English) offers the possibility to attend courses at Universities abroad and obtain additional qualifications.

Dual Degree opportunities have been developed in cooperation with Huddersfield University, Cardiff Metropolitan University, and the University of Western Australia.

Further exchange opportunities are available at the Universitè Catholique de Louvain (Belgium), Lund University (Sweden), Leeds University (UK), Royal Roads University (Canada), University of Technology Sydney (Australia) among others.

Career opportunities

The Master’s Degree in Strategic Communication aims to train graduates who possess solid skills in the specialised techniques of communication and have a strategic vision of the role that communication can play in different organisational contexts (companies, institutions, strategic consulting).

Students may take on different roles according to two specialisation syllabuses in Corporate and Marketing Communication and in Sustainability Communication.

› Communication Manager, responsible for planning and coordinating corporate communication strategies.
› Global Reputation Manager, responsible for developing and constantly improving a brand or business reputation.
› Communication Specialist, responsible for the planning and coordinating of communication activities in specific areas.
› ESG Specialist, developing environmentally and socially sustainable corporate governance policies and strategies.